CATHOLIC PRIESTS ARE HUMANS TOO: LET THEM MARRY OR KEEP LOVERS.

ICHEOKU says nobody, except those in denial, as well as sanctimonious faithfuls, who still see the white cassock as a symbol of abstinence, chaste and holiness, believes that celibacy is still widely observed among the Catholic clergy.  But for those in the know, the well informed human beings, who know better; human beings have desires and urge and they have to find a way to quench it, regardless of their oath of chastity. 

It is not their fault and they should not be blamed for merely acting out an urge which necessarily comes with age and maturity. To say otherwise or pretend that this does not exist or should not exist, is living a life of lie, which is repeatedly being debunked by the incessant cases of rape and sexual molestation by priests of the Catholic Church. It is is their cry for help to be allowed sexual indulgences like every other hot blooded animal who primarily live to eat and have sex sex. It is this denial by a man made rule that is consistently manifesting in all the rapes and sexual molestations prevalent in the Catholic Church. That the incidences are prevalent and generally under reported, and in some case not reported at all, especially in Africa and Latin American countries, is also a fact. Often, for every one priest caught in the act or whose perversion was discovered, there are at least ten others who are still living with guilty conscience of what they did or are still doing; and so many of them had already died in sin, with similar guilt conscience. 

Regrettably, the Vatican which modulates the lives and behavior of these men in white cassock, and which often revises rules of the church, canons of the church, has not found tune to act on the question of celibacy of these men of God. It is therefore about time they acted and in order to save a fast dying Catholic Church from complete extinction. A church which once used to be the envy of all other denominations but which has steadily witnessed a rapid decline, needs to do something urgently to shore itself up.  So many faithfuls and parishioners have since walked away from the church; and their loss is the gain of other churches, which accommodate certain needs of human beings such as the the freedom to have sex or copulate or even populate. Some Catholics are not happy with the church for their stubborn adherence to dogmas of the past century and wants some make over. Some are also tired of being forced to steep into doctrinaires of the last century which they find absolutely incompatible with modern living. Many also felt violated by the recurring sexual molestations, rape and abuse, which have now become a recurring decimal within the church clergy. All these are bleeding the church of faithfuls and parishioners and it does not bode well for the long term health of the church. 

Fortunately, there is a somewhat solution or at least some band aid to the wide spread sexual epidemic among Catholic priests.  LET THEM MARRY or at least have a lover or sexual partner. Restore their freedom to make that decision whether or not they want to copulate and it is done. 1 Timothy 3:2 and other verses of the Bible are suggestive that  priests are not forbidden to marry and since bishops can marry, why not the precursor to those bishops, the priests. ICHEOKU says since the Bible does not forbid it nor frowns at it, there is no nothing preventing them once the century old tradition, which the Catholic Church adopted for mere convenience, is lifted. Let those who wants to marry be allowed to marry and let those who do not want to marry, but would rather keep lovers, including many of them that are gay, be allowed to have sexual partners. 

Any of this is a better option than to continue to accommodate all these sexual predators in white cassock, who would rather steal sex from an alter boy and other vulnerable children, than be outed as a non celibate priest. This is modern day living and so many husbands and wives often leave their partners when duty calls, sometimes for days and sometimes for long hours including emergency doctors, firefighters, traveling salesmen and nurses, oil rig and offshore workers, as well as other emergency workers. So, there is no more excuse for priest not to marry because the nature of their pastoral service often sees them going to places, both suddenly and so remote, that they will not have time for their spouses or raising a family. There are so many single parent raising families, especially those who momentarily do so because their spouse is at work. So let such marrying priests be allowed to live the life of the society in which they pastor. 

ICHEOKU says this is a problem they are better left to figure out its solution, rather than being baby seated through them. They are adults and if they can manage the challenges necessarily concomitant with being married,  so be it; but let it not be for lack of trying. Like with every other person in the society, they should also be free to divorce their partners if and when it becomes impossible for them to carry on and tarry on. Priests and clergies of other churches marry and they get along with their pastoral works just fine; therefore there is no reason why Catholic priests should not be extended this choice. They too can joggle their life of being a priest and also being a father or lover or even baby daddy. They, like priests of other churches, can get on with their lives of pastoring flocks alongside being a husband or just lover. If they elect to so do, they must be given that option and opportunity. ICHEOKU therefore calls on the Vatican to end this rape and sexual molestation of children within the Catholic priests, and allow Catholic priests to marry or have a lover or at least let them have that choice.